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Dan Bron
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What do I call a person who is well qualified but has failed in his life?

I am writing a story, and I need the term for:

A person who has failed to achieve success despite his high educational attainment.

Here is an example:

A person has Masters and P.H.D degrees, but is a poor shopkeeper. He cannot even arrange the basic facilities of life for himself and his family.

The word could be a noun or an adjective